A man and his wife are in a restaurant, a beautiful young woman walks by and says "hi" to the man.
The wife asks "Who was that?"
The man says "Well, I won't lie to you, that's my mistress"
The woman says "I want a divorce!"
The man says, "well, if we get divorced we'll have to sell the house, and our cottage on the cape, and I don't think we'll be able to afford the Mercedes"
There is silence until dessert...............
The woman asks "Who's that woman over there eating with George?"
the man looks over and says "That's George's mistress"
The woman pauses, then says "Our's is much prettier"

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“ The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.”

Adam Smith , The Wealth of Nations 1776

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"
FDR's second Inaugural Address